| Description | Letter to Marion Sambourne from her brother Edgar Herapath, wishing she would not stay so long at Balcombe as the climate and rush of visitors do not suit her, hopes she will go to Ramsgate soon, he is not pleased to hear of the Parents' grave being over-grown with daisies, he feels a little homesick and will be glad to get back to England, Thomas Cook have told him that there is no accomodation on the Siberian railway for April, May or June which he finds hard to believe, hopes he can still continue his plan of going to Japan then returning via Korea, Peking and the Siberian railway, they are due to leave New Zealand for Sydney on the 5 Dec, he will be glad to leave New Zealand, notes that Fitzroy [Herapath] has been gazetted to his [Edgar's] old regiment, he is determined to visit Australia and Japan, hopes to visit Vittel on his way home, complains about Lloyd George's intention to introduce limitations on working hours and a minimum wage and his handling of the Home Rule question.
Written at the Crown Hotel, Temuka, New Zealand. |